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This is a list of notable performances of third party and independent candidates in elections to the state legislatures.It is rare for candidates, other than those of the six parties which have succeeded as major parties (Federalist Party, Democratic-Republican Party, National Republican Party, Democratic Party, Whig Party, Republican Party), to take large shares of the vote in elections.
State results where a major-party candidate received above 1% of the state popular vote from a third party cross-endorsement (1896–present) It is rare for candidates, other than those of the six parties which have succeeded as major parties (Federalist Party, Democratic-Republican Party, National Republican Party, Democratic Party, Whig Party ...
National Union Party: Union Party American unionism [98] Merged into: Republican Party: 1864 1868 Radical Democracy Party: Abolitionism [99] Merged into: Republican Party: 1864 1864 Socialist Labor Party of America: Workingmen's Party of the United States: De Leonism [100] 1876 2011 National Democratic Party: Gold Democrats Gold standard [101 ...
In 2016, 6% of all voters cast votes for third-party candidates, a dynamic that helped to lower the share of the vote Trump needed to win in key battleground states. In 2020, when the third-party ...
This article lists third-party and independent candidates, also jointly known as minor candidates, associated with the 2020 United States presidential election. "Third party" is a term commonly used in the United States in reference to political parties other than the Democratic and Republican parties.
This is a list of notable performances of third party and independent candidates in United States mayoral elections.. It is rare for candidates, other than those of the six parties which have succeeded as major parties (Federalist Party, Democratic-Republican Party, National Republican Party, Democratic Party, Whig Party, Republican Party), to take large shares of the vote in elections.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois were held on November 3, 2020, to elect the 18 U.S. representatives from the state of Illinois, one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts.
This was also the first election since 2000 that the Green Party finished third nationwide, and the first since 2008 that the Libertarian Party failed to. Withdrawn independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. received 757,371 votes (0.49%). Kennedy's 1.96% in Montana was the highest statewide vote share of any third-party candidate.